壹般來說：
1。修飾動詞的詞語就是副詞，如beat it heavily中的“heavily”就是副詞，修飾“beat”，狠狠地打擊。
2。還有的副詞是修飾形容詞的，常常表示程度。如extremely beautiful中的“extremely”修飾形容詞“beautiful”，極其漂亮的
3。還有的副詞本身就是修飾副詞，和修飾形容詞類似。
4。較特殊情況的副詞可以放在句首，表壹種伴隨狀態，
如“Fortunately，I managed it in time"中的fortunately。幸運的，我最後及時的完成了（那件事情）
壹、副詞是壹種用來修飾動詞,形容詞,副詞或全句的詞,說明時間,地點,程度,方式等概念。副詞在句中可作狀語,表語,短語。壹般的副詞除固定副詞外，其他副詞加後綴-ly，但有些如ugly、friendly則不是副詞。
分類：
1、 時間和頻度副詞:
now,then,often,always,usually,early,today, lately, next,last,already,generally,frequently, seldom,ever,never,yet,soon,too, immediately, hardly,finally,shortly, before, ago,sometimes, yesterday.
2、 地點副詞:
here, there, everywhere, anywhere, in, out, inside, outside, above, below, down, back, forward, home, upstairs, downstairs, across, along, round , around, near, off, past, up, away, on.
3、方式副詞:
carefully, properly, anxiously, suddenly, normally, fast, well, calmly, politely, proudly, softly, warmly
4、 程度副詞，放在被修飾詞之前:
much,little, very,rather,so,too,still, quite, perfectly, enough, extremely, entirely,almost, slightly.
5、 疑問副詞，壹般放在句首：
how, when, where, why.